ELIZABETH KARIKONYI
Greenacre,NSW
Summary
Skilled Assistant in Nursing with extensive experience at SANCTUARY CONTRACT RECRUITMENT, adept in care plan implementation and providing emotional support. Excelled in documenting behaviors and enhancing resident well-being through innovative care techniques. Demonstrated a 20% improvement in patient satisfaction through effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant in Nursing
SANCTUARY CONTRACT RECRUITMENT
03.2024 - Current
- Providing personal care to the residents in accordance with their care needs
- This includes assisting residents with grooming, bathing, and dressing all while respecting their privacy and maintaining their dignity
- Toileting residents and providing Incontinence Care
- Assisting residents to use the toilets, including helping them to get to the toilet and from the toilet
- Assisting residents with dental hygiene including denture care and helping them brush their teeth
- Assisting with feeding
- Assisting residents with eating includes cutting their food into smaller pieces and feeding those who are unable to feed themselves
- Offering social and emotional support to the residents through facilitating different activities that may enrich the lives of the residents
- Reporting any incidents that occur and any changes in the resident’s behavior to the nurses on duty
Assistant in Nursing
CONTRACT CARE
10.2023 - Current
- Personal care
- Aiding residents with showers, baths, or sponge baths ensuring that residents general hygiene is maintained
- Helping the residents to get undressed and dressed before and after shower
- Performing skin, hair, and nail care on residents
- Applying creams to their skin to maintain skin health and bedsores prevention for those who remain in bed
- Brushing and styling residents’ hair
- Assisting residents with nail care to maintain personal hygiene and to prevent infections and scratches
- Assisting residents with their communication needs
- Answering call bells and requests
- Documentation
- Keeping records on the participants behavior, bowel charts, and fluid charts
Education
Bachelor’s degree - Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, KECertificate (IV) - Disability
Nomi College
Skills
- Care plan implementation
- Documenting behaviors
- Vital sign recording
- Feeding assistance
- Transfer techniques
- Documentation expert
- Performing patient intakes
- Monitoring fluids
- Infection control procedures
- Urinary catheter care
- Collecting vital signs
- Toileting assistance
- Quick problem solver
Certification
- Certificate (IV) in Disability
- First Aid Certification
- CPR certification
- Working with Children Check
- Covid Certificate
- Police Check
Languages
English, Fluent
Timeline
Assistant in Nursing
SANCTUARY CONTRACT RECRUITMENT
03.2024 - Current
Assistant in Nursing
CONTRACT CARE
10.2023 - Current
Bachelor’s degree - Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)
Kenyatta University
Certificate (IV) - Disability
Nomi College